Melanie Meehan (Simsbury Public Schools)

Broschiertes Buch

Every Child Can Write, Grades 2-5

Entry Points, Bridges, and Pathways for Striving Writers

Beschreibung

Empowering striving writers to thrive as writers!   When we think of students who have faced instructional challenges as striving writers, their path to success becomes clearer. It may not be the same path their classmates travel, but with you as their guide, they will reach their goal.  This book, filled with practical strategies, classroom-management ideas, reproducible tools, as well as low and high-tech solutions for increasing output and boosting self esteem will also help you:   ·         Implement principles of UDL to optimize your classroom environment and student learning; ·         Identify and honor students' strengths throughout your writing instruction; ·         Maximize the power of formative assessment to set goals with students ·         Integrate the most appropriate technology that empowers students and leads them to independence

Autor

Having begun her teaching career as a special education teacher, Melanie has been the Elementary Writing and Social Studies Coordinator in Simsbury, Connecticut since 2012, and her passion for writing has led to several books and publications. Melanie's first book, Every Child Can Write, was published by Corwin Press in October 2019. With a foundational belief that all students can learn to write, this book provides strategies and resources that teachers can use, duplicate, and gather inspiration from. The Responsive Writing Teacher, co-written with Kelsey Sorum, was published in February 2021 and emphasizes the importance of knowing and understanding students across many platforms in order to teach them powerfully. Melanie's most recent book,   Answers to Your Biggest Questions About Teaching Elementary Writing, is part of Corwin Press's Five to Thrive Series. Melanie is also a co-author of  Two Writing Teachers, a blog dedicated to the teaching of writing. Additionally, she co-hosts the companion podcast. Melanie's past conference presentations and additional blogs and articles can be found  here. Melanie holds a BA from Cornell University, an MA in Special Education from the University of Hartford, and a second MA in Educational Leadership from Central Connecticut State University. Melanie also has her Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing through the Solstice MFA Program of Pine Manor College.

Produktdetails

• Corwin Literacy
• Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 185mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 542g
• ISBN-13: 9781544355078
• ISBN-10: 1544355076
• Artikelnr.: 57168443